Heavy Medal Archive: Doping
Anti-doping violations keep 30 home
More than 30 athletes were prohibited from attending the Winter Games because of anti-doping rule violations, according to World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey. The athletes were nabbed through pre-Games testing executed by their national governing bodies or international sports...
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Amy Shipley
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February 11, 2010; 3:09 PM ET |
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Russian skier Sidko thrown off Olympic team
Cross-country skier Alena Sidko has been dropped from Russia's Olympic team after testing positive for the hormone EPO. Russian sporting authorities detected traces of the blood-boosting substance in a sample taken at a competition last month in Moscow. Sidko, 30,...
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Lindsay Applebaum
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January 26, 2010; 12:25 PM ET |
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German speedskater Pechstein loses appeal
Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein won't be winning another gold medal in Vancouver. The 37-year-old German lost her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal to lift her two-year competition ban for blood doping. Pechstein is Germany's most successful Winter...
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Matthew Rennie
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January 26, 2010; 9:49 AM ET |
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Kenya Runner Gets Two-Year Ban
From the Associated Press: Kenyan 400-meter runner Elizabeth Muthuka was banned for two years after testing positive for the steroid nandrolone. Athletics Kenya secretary-general David Okeyo said Wednesday that Muthuka returned a positive test in July after setting a Kenyan...
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Tracee Hamilton
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September 24, 2008; 12:05 PM ET |
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5 Russians Test Positive for EPO
From the Associated Press: Five Russian race walkers, including world record-holder Sergei Morozov, have been suspended for two years for doping. Morozov, Viktor Burayev, Vladimir Kanaikin, Igor Yerokhin and Alexei Voevodin were sanctioned by the national federation for testing positive...
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Tracee Hamilton
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September 23, 2008; 1:41 PM ET |
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Prosecutor Questions Greek Hurdler
From the Associated Press: Greek hurdler Fani Halkia appeared Monday before a prosecutor investigating the doping case that led to her expulsion from the Beijing Olympics, and insisted she did not intentionally use performance-enhancing drugs. Halkia, the 2004 Olympic 400-meter...
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Tracee Hamilton
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September 22, 2008; 9:00 AM ET |
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